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Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy

Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry that Shaped Ancient Greece, by Adrian Goldsworthy

An ambitious and successful account demonstrating how unlikely alliance and antagonism, rooted in identity and ambition, led to the Peloponnesian War.

The Romans too often get the good gigs, both on our screens and on the shelves, these days; the Greeks, not so much… That is the starting point of Adrian Goldsworthy’s journey east across the Mediterranean and his sweeping account of the two headline acts at the tip...

Democracies vs. Authoritarian States

Democracies vs. Authoritarian States

A never-so-timely comparison of Athens and Sparta explores whether political freedom can establish military superiority and determine the outcome of ideological conflict.
Adrian Goldsworthy

Do the good guys always win? It would be nice to think that open, democratic societies are healthier and stronger and have inbuilt advantages over authoritarian regimes. After all, in World War Two the democracies led by Britain and the USA smashed totalitarian...